Category: In Depth

Write up on our February 2020 meet up. We enjoyed a walk in Haria, climbing up into the hills to check out the winter wild flowers.

Haria is the municipal town of most of the north of the island, covering a very large part of the land, but with a very small population.

A bit of a rant about a department called Costas that makes some terrible decisions and takes ages to make them!

Playa Blanca has grown dramatically in the last 20 years, and is now the island’s second busiest resort, having overtaken Costa Teguise. We look at the history of Playa Blanca.

If you want to hear the real local news about Lanzarote, you need to read the local papers. We show you how to do that, and in English!

For club members thinking of starting a business in Lanzarote one day, here’s the low down on being self employed on the island.

An update on what Brexit means for various groups relating to Lanzarote, and one which we will update regularly to keep you all informed.

Looking at the history of tourism on the island over the last 20 years, and considering what the next 20 might have in store for our favourite island.

We bet you didn’t know that Famara was once going to be a huge tourist resort! We tell the story of Famara, from the time when it was first settled.

People talk about corruption in Lanzarote all the time. We explore it, talk about the past when it was rife, and discuss why it isn’t common now.